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Japan Postpones Rocket Launch to Station


JAXA – H-II Transfer Vehicle 7 (HTV-7) patch.


September 15, 2018



Image above: JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) H-IIB rocket with the HTV-7 resupply ship atop sits at its launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. Image Credit: JAXA.


The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has postponed the scheduled launch of a Japanese cargo spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. The unpiloted H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 (HTV-7) is loaded with more than five tons of supplies, water, spare parts and experiments for the crew aboard the International Space Station.


A new launch date has not yet been determined.


Related links:


Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA): http://global.jaxa.jp/


H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 (HTV-7): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/htv.html


International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html


NASA/Mark Garcia.Archive link


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